ἀπαιτητικός
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, requiring: -κόν, τό, state of need, Gal. 1.205.
Spanish (DGE)
-ή, -όν
subst. τὸ ... ἀπαιτητικόν τινος la exigencia de algo Gal.1.205.
German (Pape)
[Seite 275] einfordernd, gern eintreibend, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπαιτητικός: -ή, -όν, ὁ ἔχων παραλόγους ἀπαιτήσεις, «τοιοῦτον γὰρ τὸ σὸν βλάσφημον καὶ ἀπαιτητικόν» Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 136. 49.
Greek Monolingual
-ή, -ό (Μ ἀπαιτητικός, -ή, -όν)
αυτός που έχει μεγάλες, υπερβολικές απαιτήσεις.
